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estimates

NOUN

approximate calculation; educated guess

Synonyms

STRONGEST

appraisal assessment conclusion estimation evaluation guess measure measurement opinion projection rating survey valuation

STRONG

assay belief conjecture gauging guesstimate impression judgment mensuration reckoning stock surmise thought

WEAK

appraisement ballpark figure point of view sizing up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ignorance

STRONG

fact truth

VERB

guess, try to value

Synonyms

STRONGEST

appraise assess believe classify consider count decide determine evaluate examine expect predict rank

STRONG

account assay budget cast cipher class compute conjecture deduce enumerate figure gauge guess guesstimate judge number outline plan prophesy rate reason reckon regard scheme sum suppose surmise suspect tax think

WEAK

calculate roughly form opinion look into look upon run over set a figure size up think through

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disregard hesitate ignore

STRONG

calculate disbelieve forget know measure neglect

Example Sentences

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Fertilizers are responsible for producing the calories for around half of the world’s 8 billion people, El-Hoshy estimates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

The developer estimates the project will take 15 years to complete and require $1 billion to $2 billion in private, philanthropic and taxpayer funds that have yet to be secured.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

If Needham's estimates are correct, FIFA's average $3.9bn annual revenue now exceeds the World Health Organisation budget and is around the same as the UN's core budget.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

He said shares of Coherent and Lumentum are trading at about 25 times consensus estimates for 2028 earnings, even as Wall Street expects earnings growth of more than 40% in that period.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

The New York-based firm Media Dynamics estimates that the average American is now exposed to 254 different commercial messages in a day, up nearly 25 percent since the mid- 1970s.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell